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  1. L

    Help with customizing 125 tank build

    I’m new to saltwater tanks. A few months back, my girlfriend and I wanted a fish tank so we bought a 37 gallon tank from pet smart. After I bought it, I immediately wanted to make it a saltwater tank. I upgraded to a fluval 307, and all the other goodies. A few weeks ago I went to the fish store...
  2. A

    Can anyone identify this Algae?

    I’m fairly new to reef keeping and I’ve had my Fluval evo running for a few months now, with 2 Clownfish, 3 hermit Crabs and a Zoa frag. I started it with live sand and dry rock, and the filtration is only biological. There have been many different types of algae coming and going, but I’ve just...
  3. B

    Help with fixing the background of my tank

    My tank is filled with water and is on a stand and has been that way for over a year, unfortunately I didn’t put a background on when it was empty and due to all the corals in there I really wouldn’t want to drain it so what are your guys ideas for putting a background on my tank?
  4. B

    What’s the best glue for aquascaping?

    I’m rescaping my tank by useing some of the rocks that are already in the tank, what is the best glue to aquascape with/ the cheapest.
  5. B

    Thin or thick glue for aquascape

    I am planning on rescaping my 1 year old set up.I will be breaking the rocks already in the tank, so should I be using thin or thick glue when scaping? If thick, what export would you guys recommend or would you recommend not using any epoxy at all
  6. B

    Dose a hammer and a flathead screw driver work for aquascaping?

    Hello everyone I am trying to smash up some dry rock and I’m on the fence on weather to purchase a chisel or just use a flathead screw driver I don’t need. Any other suggestions on ways to smash the rock and if there are tips on how to smash it precisely I would be great full to here them.
  7. B

    Help need with aquascape!

    So I have had my tank been pretty much a stack of boulders and I really would like to change that.bellow I have a few pictures, one is of my tank and the circled area is the area I would like to change out also below is some old dry rock that I have. I would love to make a tank that looks...
  8. B

    How should I add new rocks to established setup?

    So I have wanted to change my aquascape around a bit but I already have pre-established rock in my tank so below I have a picture of the rock that I wish to add, also you can see my diy box algae scrubber that works amazing, my plan is to add a pump in the sump that gose into another one of...
  9. B

    Help on identifying what’s been growing in my tank and how to remove it

    Trying to figure out what’s been growing in my tank and how I can hopefully remove it there’s a picture of it and any help would be great
  10. Matheurisley

    Protein skimmer in a small apartment

    I am fairly new to reefing so this may be a dumb question. I have a skimmer on the inside of the AOI filtration chamber it works great no issues, also I live in a tiny 750 sq. ft condo and my tank is in my living room which is essentially just on the other side of the kitchen island. So my...
  11. Phoerut

    Will this coral eat my fish?

    So I bought what I think is some sort of mushroom coral with no research from a not very informative LFS. I know I’m a terrible noob. I had researched that ‘mushroom’ corals are good beginner corals. But at this point I was unaware that not all mushroom corals are good beginner corals and then...
  12. NL.Reefer

    Hydra 32 light schedule change?

    Hello everyone i am using the hydra’s 32 on my tank and i have a question about the schedule and uv. at this moment im using a schedule from david sixby and i have changed it the way i like it on pic.1 is the orriginal schedule and pic.2 is the schedule i use now. Now i really like the...
  13. joegillis205

    Help kill this algae!!

    Good day everyone, wondering what way I should go about getting rid of this algae. Tank has been running for just over a year. Crashed once and killed everything except zoas. Current parameters are Alk-8.9 Mag-1500 Cal-500 Ammonia-0 (sailfert) Po 0 Temp 78 One gallon water changes every week...
  14. X

    EMERGENCY My Chocolate Chip Starfish

    Hi, I’m completely new to fish tanks and today I acclimated a Chocolate starfish for about an hour. Adding some of the tank water to the water that was in his little baggie and he’s now just chilling in one spot and I don’t see any of his little fingers. I’m worried about him. Is he okay? He’s...
  15. C

    Frogspawn Help!

    Had this frogspawn in my tank for about two months. I've placed it in the middle of my tank because I thought it looked great there and it was getting adequate flow. Checked my tank last night and it did look shriveled up. Now I checked it this morning and it looks like this. Is it a goner...
  16. M

    HELP PLEASE!! MARINE TANK

    Hi everyone, i really need some help with my marine fish. i’m a new fish keeper but i’ve had this tank for about a year now and have never had any issues. I have no corals in my tank. But saturday night my cleaner shrimp passed away on the rock. i removed him but still couldn’t understand how...
  17. C

    Bird's-nest help

    Hi all, I recently got my first bird's-nest two weeks ago and the bottom of it is still white. I have it placed higher in my tank with the wave maker pointing at it. I'm not sure what to do. Should I move it lower in my tank? I have attached a pic of it. Thank you!
  18. C

    Newbie questions and help

    Hello fellow reefers, I upgraded my fluval 13.5 to a SCA 50g earlier last year. Everything is doing great, all my coral seem happy, and haven't lost any fish. But I do have some general questions and would like to hear your opinions on them. Current coral stock: Rock Flower nem, GSP, Xenia...
  19. NanoReeferNut

    Hello What up R2R fam

    Hey family. New to the reef world, been in it for about a year with a 5 gallon nano to a 13 nano and now a 40 gallon cube with 20 gallon sump. Running a Ecotech Radion xr15 blue, Ecotech Vectra S2 pump, a Nyos Quantum 120. The tank is about 6 months old. Let the tank run for 3 months before...
  20. Xxflounderxx

    No spill bleach

    Ok so here is my situation I had about 175 lbs of old pukani rock and it had a lot of algae on it bought it of of fb market place. So I decided to bleach it I used 3 gallons of regular bleach and about a half to 3/4 no spill bleach. I saw the water foaming I rinsed a bunch of times just letting...
  21. Gaspipe

    AIO Build AIO expert? Please help. Return chamber water level keeps lowering.

    #HELP Would love a little help/advice on my WB MP25. Problem: My 3rd (return) chamber's water level goes low and it activates my gravity ATO. Situation: I noticed the water level in my display is high and the salinity is low. Yesterday I performed a water change, cleaned the return pump and...
  22. Twalker791

    what the heck happened to my new angel?!

    So I got this bicolor angelfish about a week ago- has been happy and healthy as far as I can tell in a tank with one smaller black clownfish and a German cleaner shrimp and a few snails. I was just watching him swim around yesterday and I didn’t notice anything odd. Today I came home and saw...
  23. J

    Aptasia or somthing else?

    When cleaning my tank my trachi closed up slightly and I noticed this weird thing underneath with an aptasia looking thing but clear and there was a funnel sort of thing under it. Really unsure as to what it is. I've had the trachi for about 4 months now but have only noticed this today
  24. zpnanoreefgal

    Help finding these euphyllia

    Can anyone help me locate any one of the two ? They are gorgeous and I need to get my hands on one, these are not bleached btw, this is their natural color. Thx !
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